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Antimony Rainbow Group Mine

Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Tungsten, Gold, Mercury, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071477
MRDS ID W014893
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Rainbow Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Dokka
Related records 10193499, 10242155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40096, 45.13682 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI WNW OF BIG CREEK R.S.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 009E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS STRETCH FROM INDEPENDENCE MINE SOUTH TO DAVIS MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STIBNITE CONTAINS AU AND AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Fluorite Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fracturing, Greisenization

Analytical data

Result ONE OF LARGER STIBNITE VEINS CONTAINS HIGH-GRADE ANTIMONY, 60+% SB, AND SOME CINNABAR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Grandodiorite;Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Grandodiorite;Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Schist, Gneiss
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Schist, Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40096, 45.13682
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Large Normal Fault, Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT TRENDS ABOUT N 10 DEG W AND DIPS STEEPLY TO THE WEST. ON EAST SIDE OF FAULT, THE ROCKS ARE PRINCIPALLY GRANODIORITE OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH. TO THE WEST, THE ROCKS ARE PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES & SCHISTS CUT BY THE DIKE SWARM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northwest Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL LENSES & ZONES OF QUARTZ CONTAINING SCHEELITE & TETRAHEDRITE HAVE BEEN MINED IN THE PAST BUT PRODUCTION WAS SMALL

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES, AND ADITS

Comments on development

  • ANTIMONY RAINBOW GROUP INCLUDES OLD DOKKA WORKINGS ON N. SIDE GOVERNMENT CREEK ; ECON.COM: THE MAIN TRENCH ASSAYS ABOUT 0.2% WO4 AND 3 OZ AG/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 53 - 54

  • Deposit

    LEONARD, B. F., 1965, MERCURY-BEARING ANTIMONY DEPOSIT BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND YELLOW PINE, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 525-B, P. 27.

  • Deposit

    GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973-1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    1965 RECON B. F. LEONARD, PROF. PAPER 525-B

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Production

    KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P 49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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